PT-2016-5147 · Pidgin+2 · Pidgin+2

Yves Younan · Published 2016-06-23 · Updated 2017-03-30 · CVE-2016-2378

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

8.1

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Pidgin (affected versions not specified)

Description A buffer overflow issue exists in the handling of the MXIT protocol. This can be triggered by specially crafted data sent via the server, potentially resulting in memory corruption. The vulnerability can be exploited by a malicious server or an unfiltered malicious user sending negative length values.

Recommendations At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Buffer Overflow

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-119

Related Identifiers

ALT-PU-2016-1727

CVE-2016-2378

DLA-542-1

DSA-3620-1

MGASA-2016-0236

USN-3031-1

Affected Products

Alt Linux

Pidgin

Ubuntu

References · 51

• http://ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3031-1 · Vendor Advisory
• http://pidgin.im/news/security/?id=94 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DSA-3620-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-38 · Vendor Advisory
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-2378 · Security Note
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-2370 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-2376 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/USN-3031-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-2365 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2016-2378 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-2380 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-4323 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-2371 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2016-2378 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-2366 · Vendor Advisory